Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Forever Is Now by Mariama J. Lockington

8 reviews

ashylibrarian's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

- Realistic sibling relationship
- Authentic anxiety/panic disorder representation
- Beautiful verse storytelling

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Racism

cats33's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Grief, Gun violence, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Classism, Hate crime, Mass/school shootings, Police brutality, Chronic illness, Death, and Mental illness

Moderate: Ableism and Cursing

Minor: Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Alcohol, and Colonisation

lavenderbtcpodcast's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia

Moderate: Body shaming, Homophobia, Racism, Hate crime, Chronic illness, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Police brutality, Mental illness, Grief, Death, and Cursing

betweentheshelves's review

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

This novel-in-verse took me longer than usual because it is dealing with heavy topics. Normally I read verse novels pretty quickly, but I sat with this one longer than I usually do. Sadie, our narrator, is dealing with severe anxiety and agoraphobia, but still trying to figure out how she can be a part of a social justice cause in her town. The verse is done beautifully, and this book really has a strong emotional core.

What I appreciate about this book is the fact that Sadie wants to help at protests and help fight the social justice cause, and she finds a way to do that without always having to attend protests. For teens that might be in a similar situation to Sadie, I think seeing that play out in a book is powerful for them. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Police brutality, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Biphobia and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Drug use, Death, and Toxic relationship

antonique_reads's review

challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Minor: Biphobia

lettuce_read's review against another edition

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Biphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, and Mental illness

Moderate: Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Toxic relationship

elderwoodreads's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

This book has changed my life. I have never felt more seen than reading this. As a disclaimer I am a white woman so I cannot relate to some of the specifics Sadie goes through, but the representation of anxiety I this book was so representative of my experience of anxiety and OCD. I listened to the audio book on Libby and I am going to be buying a physical copy this weekend. This is an important, amazing book and I think you should read it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Racism, Police brutality, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Death, Toxic relationship, and Drug use

readwithbee's review

challenging emotional inspiring reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Police brutality, and Mental illness